Credit-accounting appliance.



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CREDITAGOOUNTING APPLIANCE APPLICATION FILED MAR. 80, 1 904.

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UNITED STATES Patented October'18, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE;

WALTER M. ELLETT AND ROLLO M. won, or ALLIANCE, oruo.

'OR EDlT-ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 772,407, dated October18, 1904.

Application filed March 30, 1904. 7 Serial No. 200,729- (Ho model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that we, WALTER M. ELLETT and RoLLo Mn VICK, citizens oftheUnited States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCredit-Accounting Appliances; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact 1 description of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The object of the present invention is'to provide a case or cabinetdesigned for filing papers, preferably account-slips, and bringmg thepapers filed in position to be easily distinguished one from the otherand at theing three columns of partitions, the left-hand column showingaccount-slips located upon the partitions and the two right-hand columnswithout account-slips. Fig. 2is a vertical section showing the locationof the partitions with reference to the casing. Fig. 3 is a detachedview of one of the partitions. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing aportion of the casing and a single column of partitions and illustratingaccount-slips located on a portion of the partitions.

Similar-numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the accompanyingdrawings, 1 represents thevertical members of thecasing or cabinet, and 2 the intermediate vertical members, said membersbeing held in proper relative position by means of a suitable top 8 andbottom 4:, which parts form the'cabinet or frame proper and of coursemay be of any desired size,'reference being ghad tov the number ofcolumns designed to be employed, the width of the various columns, andthe uses for which the device is to be employed.

For the purpose of closing the cabinet proper, together with thedifferent articles contained therein, the front or forward portionthereof may be provided with the hinged their backs toward'their frontedges downward, by which arrangement the upper partition and slipcarried thereby will not hide from view the slip directly under and uponthe next lowest partition, this feature being illustrated in Figs. 1 and4.

For the purpose of preventing the slips 7 from sliding downward and offfrom their supports the lower ends of the partitions 6 are provided withthe upward-bent portions 8, which upward-bent portions are preferablyformed of a length less-than the width ofthe partitions, and from theupper edges of the bent portions 8 extend the tablet-holding portions9,- said tablet-holding portions being provided-with the flanges 10,which flanges are for the purpose of holding the tablets 11.

In use the name ofthe personcorresponding with the name of the personwith whom an account is kept is placed upon the tablet held by thetablet-holding portion 9 of the partition, by which arrangement it canbe seen at a glance the account or file pertaining to the person Whosename appears upon the tablet and all of thejtablets of the seriesexposed to View.

For the purpose of providing a means for easily removinga given slip orslips located upon the various partitions the forward edges of thepartitions are provided With the re cesses 12, by which arrangement theslip or slips can be grasped by the thumb and finger and easily liftedup, so as to clear the upwardbent portions 8, after which the slips canbe withdrawn for any purpose.

In the construction of cabinets designed to contain a series of columnsthe columns may be designated according to the points of compass, bywhich arrangement the residence of the parties whose accounts or papersare contained in a given column may be located with reference to theterritory of a city or town.

In use the various partitions are preferably formed of thin I metal andthe grooves designed to hold the metal partitions so formed that thepartitions will be held in position by frictional contact, and if in theevent the grooves should become worn so that they will not properly holdthe partitions said partitions may be bent to produce the properfrictional contact.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

In acredit-accounting appliance, the combination of a suitable framehaving located there- In testimony that we claim the above we havehereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER M. ELLET'I.

ROLLO M. VICK. Witnesses:

ANNA JoNEs, (3.0. DAVIDSON.

